We tested 100 year old tires vs futuristic airless tires to see how far tire technology has come.
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5:00 damn smooth editing
I wonder where you can buy the future tires
3.75 wide tires on a car with like 14" or so wide fenders.. man you can drives through muddy water and not get the car wet haha. I had a 31 model A same colour as the one they showed
its the diameter difference. old/future were bigger across so they had less torque to the ground. pyhscis
I wonder if the wheel bearings blew shortly after this. All those spacers put harsh forces on the bearings.
This isn't exactly a fair test, the "future" tire is 8" larger and you are using the same gear ratios with a 22" tire on a car not setup for a 30" tire.
its not airless, its pressure less
Definitely good for the purpose they’re built for, but not for on the road
I love this channel and I’m just being a smartass right now… but the most important part of any test is a base to compare to and we don’t have that in this vid. The tires have different lugs so you’re adding different adapters to each tire which changes the weight. Also, your brakes are constantly changing with each run. You’d have to have the same exact weight, same exact brakes, same exact rotors and the only difference is the tire. Even after the first run, the 2nd run would involve more used brakes. A base is very important for a comparison.
I wouldn’t say you can call those future tires when you can get them right now. Those are now (aka modern) tires…
I’ve seen these tires irl the mowing company that mows are yard for us temporarily until we get a new lawnmower. Has 2 airless tires on the drive wheels of the zero turn mower.
The Michelin Tweel definitely isn't a future tire. It's way to crude with those giant flexible spokes.
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With the airless tire Imagine take scissors to cut the wheels beam and you have the same problem because with air tire that one little kid put nail under the tire but with that just a pair of scissors and you have flat airless tire
Pretty obvious that the "future" tyres are off-road ones, and this whole test is invalid nonsense that should be dismissed and taken only as entertainment.
Could you imagine if you end up filling the airless tires with mud and sand?
Hmm … comparing strawberries with Ananas … again? Sorry, I loved all the DONUT MEDIA Vids I've seen so far, but this is just a biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig stretch to compare these. If you would only compare tires with the SAME physical contact area to comparing the amount of force (Physics Biatch!) presented to the tarmac …
I'd like to see airless tires vs mud.
You guys are the worst scientists ever
Ah yes but we are scientist
Are you driving in a vacuum?????
Most modern cars aren't optimized for future tires
The Michelin Tweels are for slower moving off road vehicles…….. like mowers, skid steers, golf carts…… probably not fair to compare braking with a highway car.
The future tires are air less, which means they cant deflate, past and present tires have air, future tires dont which means the tests are off
the spacers ruined everything
what about on the everyday driver car. Grip, Wear, and Ride. Looks like the future tires might be good if your not taking tires 100mph around a corner, accelerating like a bat out of heck, .So what about comfort for the average day commuter trip? To hard to soft are they a comfortable experience?
Wouldn’t the spacers cause negative performance situations? More unsprung weight etc
Even suspension geometry would be off right? Honest questions
Lego tires be like
airless tires already exist before this video but they are mostly used on wheel barrows but tire company's use rubber (at least the company's that I heard of) air filled tires because they can save on money (I'm not saying that this is a bad video I just wanted to tell everybody that)
Thats why miata is not always the answer kids
5:50 they ABSOLUTELY knew what they were.
If you are using these so called “tires today” then how can they be from the future?
Future tires sound great for police pursuit chases. If you're the bad guy…Spike strip, try again…!!
Just like the Mythbuster guys, you guys fail to understand how sample sizes work. One run and done was always what irritated me about Mythbusters. You need to do a set of tests, throw out the outliers, and then compare.
Put those on an off road vehicle and go off road. See how they compare to traditional off road tires.
8:30 Seems odd that something constantly hit by wind would have heating issues. If you're driving 40mph, that's basically a 40mph fan. Maybe if they were able to put breathing holes in the tread to allow focused airflow it'd perform better?
The airless tires would have won a two lap challenge though.
I wonder when "future tyres" will become mud resistant – right now all it takes is few stones, some clay, mud, etc. and balance will be completely ruined – imagine having like extra 50 grams of material (eg. trapped stone or mud) – it will be terrible to drive and very unhealthy for your car.
The flaw that I instantly see with this is the cars are going to drive differently between the tyres. everyone here is very used the modern tyres, knowing how to control the car, how deep to make the turns, etc. It's going to feel and drive differently like it does between f1 and road tyres. makes me wonder how much the results were affected by simply not having experience with the different types.
Why not just put them on a fucking bigger car?
An airless tire can puncture. Just ask any mile of America's highway system. Still a cool design idea for Mars.
The airless tires are clearly made for off-road use.
Is it still rubber tires? Coz if it is it's still not future tires, bcos thats the prob, the mountains of used tires piling all over the world
This is the best advertisement for wheel studs I've ever seen
You should've tested the tires on a vehicle with better ground clearance
Bottom line- we're using the best tyres ever made/ever will made.